touch and go

뜻

so uncertain that it could easily end badly

결과가 매우 불확실하여 자칫 잘못될 수 있다.

예문

1. 1It was touch and go whether we'd catch the last train, but we just made it.
2. 2For a while it was touch and go whether the café would survive the winter.
3. 3Getting the cake ready in time was touch and go, but it came out of the oven just before the guests arrived.
4. 4With two big clients gone, it's touch and go for the company this year.
5. 5The plane landed safely in the end, but it was touch and go during the storm.

문법

동사 be 뒤에 쓰며 it과 함께 쓰는 경우가 많다: it was touch and go. 명사 앞에서는 하이픈을 넣는다: touch-and-go.

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